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Excise Duty Cut on Petrol and Diesel: A Bold Governance Move Amid War

Excise Duty : India reduced excise duty on petrol and diesel to offset rising global crude prices due to geopolitical tensions. The move aimed t...

March 27, 2026 3657 Views 0 comment Print

Notes on Health Security se National Security (HSsNS) Cess Act, 2025

Excise Duty : Health Security & National Security (HSNS) Cess Act, 2025 introduces a standalone statutory cess aimed at funding national health ...

January 18, 2026 3153 Views 1 comment Print

Interest on Excise Duty Not Payable in Revenue-Neutral Situations: Calcutta HC

Excise Duty : The Court upheld the Tribunal’s view that interest cannot be levied when duty paid is fully creditable to downstream units. It c...

January 16, 2026 729 Views 0 comment Print

Bought-Out Items Excluded from Excise Value for CKD Plant Supplies: SC

Excise Duty : The Court held that duty-paid items supplied directly to site are not includible when the final plant is immovable. The key takeaw...

December 17, 2025 585 Views 0 comment Print

Central Excise Act 2025: Reshapes Tobacco Taxation Landscape

Excise Duty : Discover how the Central Excise (Amendment) Act, 2025 revamps tobacco taxation, introducing steep excise duties on cigarettes, che...

December 17, 2025 20988 Views 2 comments Print


Latest News


CBI Court Sentences Ex-Central Excise Officer

Excise Duty : CBI Court in Siliguri sentences former Central Excise Superintendent to four years RI and Rs. 40,000 fine in a bribery case regist...

February 28, 2026 3529 Views 0 comment Print

Central Excise and Service Tax Inspector Jailed for Disproportionate Assets

Excise Duty : A special court imposed five years’ rigorous imprisonment and heavy fines after finding assets far beyond known income. The ruli...

January 7, 2026 537 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs for Health Security se National Security (HSNS) Cess Act, 2026 & HSNS Cess Rules, 2026

Excise Duty : The FAQs confirm that cess is computed on maximum rated machine speed rather than actual production. This ensures certainty in tax...

January 5, 2026 3342 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Machine-Based levy in case of Chewing Tobacco, Jarda Scented Tobacco & Gutkha

Excise Duty : The FAQs clarify how excise duty on chewing tobacco, jarda, and gutkha will be levied based on packing machine capacity rather tha...

January 4, 2026 1908 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Guidelines for Online Filing of Appeals

Excise Duty : CESTAT issues instructions for e-filing appeals, detailing registration, filing process, documents, fees, and compliance with Proc...

October 1, 2025 3594 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CENVAT Credit Demand Set Aside as Export Turnover Cannot Be Included in Exempted Turnover

Excise Duty : CESTAT Chennai held that exports made under Notification No. 30/2004-CE and the DEPB scheme cannot be included in exempted turnove...

June 8, 2026 90 Views 0 comment Print

Excise Penalty Quashed as Duty and Interest Were Paid Before Show Cause Notice

Excise Duty : The Tribunal held that the show cause notice issued more than three years after the Department became aware of the facts was time-...

June 7, 2026 96 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Allows Appeal as Export Turnover Cannot Be Added for Rule 6 Credit Reversal

Excise Duty : CESTAT held that where the value of goods sent for job work had already been considered for credit reversal purposes, including it...

June 5, 2026 324 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Allows Appeals as Manufacturer & Marketing Company Were Not Related Persons

Excise Duty : CESTAT Chandigarh held that the manufacturer and marketing company could not be treated as related persons under the Central Excis...

June 5, 2026 90 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Allows Appeal as Manufacturer & Marketing Company Were Not Related Persons

Excise Duty : CESTAT Chandigarh held that the manufacturer and marketing company could not be treated as related persons under the Central Excis...

June 5, 2026 117 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Lakshadweep Introduces New Excise Law to Regulate Liquor Trade and Consumption

Excise Duty : The Lakshadweep Excise Regulation, 2026 establishes a comprehensive framework for licensing, manufacture, sale, transport, and con...

June 6, 2026 222 Views 0 comment Print

Govt Revises ATF Export Duty Rate From 1 June 2026

Excise Duty : Notification No. 25/2026 revises SAED on ATF exports to Rs 9.5 per litre with effect from 1 June 2026; domestic petrol and diesel ...

May 30, 2026 186 Views 0 comment Print

Govt Revises SAED Rates on Petrol and Diesel Exports WEF 1st June 2026

Excise Duty : Notification No. 24/2026 revises SAED rates on petrol and diesel exports from 1 June 2026, setting duty at Rs 1.5 and Rs 13.5 per ...

May 30, 2026 213 Views 0 comment Print

Govt Raises SAED on ATF Exports to Rs. 16 per Litre from 16 May 2026

Excise Duty : CBIC revised SAED on ATF exports to Rs. 16 per litre effective 16 May 2026, impacting aviation fuel exporters and export duty cost...

May 15, 2026 336 Views 0 comment Print

SAED on Petrol and Diesel Exports Revised from 16 May 2026

Excise Duty : The Ministry of Finance amended the central excise notification issued in March 2026 by revising rates applicable to specified goo...

May 15, 2026 483 Views 0 comment Print


Cenvat Credit available on service directly related to manufacturing activity

February 9, 2018 1863 Views 0 comment Print

Air Travel Service : – The said service has been used by the Directors/employees of the appellant for business promotion i.e. for sale and purchase of their goods. Therefore, the said service is directly related to their manufacturing activity. In that circumstances, in terms of Rule 2(l) of Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 on Air Travel Service, the appellant is availed Cenvat credit.

No excise on supply of various bought-out electrical items and accessories as BPL Kits

February 8, 2018 1320 Views 0 comment Print

Quashing the demand of excise duty on the activity of providing BPL Kits, the Delhi bench of the CESTAT observed that to levy central excise duty on any goods, the same should have been produced or manufactured in India.

CBEC: The root cause analysis of corruption reveals interpretation- Part I

February 8, 2018 1848 Views 2 comments Print

The way interpretation is practiced by the miraculous Indian bureaucracy to cheat the Indian citizens in numerous ways on everyday basis. They make a foolish law & then foolishness perpetuates in terms of interpretation to harass the assesses to no end & you may complaint right up to the Cabinet Secretary or the minister but to no avail.

Notification No. 16/2018-Central Excise, Dated: 02.02.2018

February 2, 2018 2952 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 16/2018-Central Excise In exercise of the power conferred by sub-section (2A) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 ( 1 of 1944), the Central Government considers it necessary for the purpose of clarifying the applicability of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue)

Notification No. 15/2018-Central Excise, Dated: 02.02.2018

February 2, 2018 1659 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 15/2018-Central Excise In exercise of the power conferred by sub-section (2A) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 ( 1 of 1944), read with section 133 of the Finance Act, 1999 (27 of 1999), the Central Government considers it necessary for the purpose of clarifying the applicability of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance

Notification No. 14/2018-Central Excise, Dated: 02.02.2018

February 2, 2018 1605 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 14/2018-Central Excise: Central Government considers it necessary for the purpose of clarifying the applicability of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 7/2018-Central Excise, dated the 2nd February, 2018, published in Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 133 (E ), dated the 2nd February, 2018, and therefore, hereby makes the following amendments in the said notification, namely:-

Seeks to exempt high speed diesel oil blended with alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids

February 2, 2018 1311 Views 0 comment Print

Seeks to exempt high speed diesel oil blended with alkyl esters of long chain fatty acids obtained from vegetables oils, commonly known as bio-diesels, up to 20% by volume, that is, a blend, consisting 80% or more of high speed diesel oil from the additional duty of excise (road and infrastructure cess) levied under clause 110 of the Finance Bill 2018

Seeks to exempt 10% ethanol blended petrol from additional duty of excise

February 2, 2018 900 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 12/2018-Central Excise Seeks to exempt 10% ethanol blended petrol from additional duty of excise (road and infrastructure cess) levied under clause 110 of Finance Bill 2018

CBEC exempt 5% ethanol blended petrol from additional duty of excise

February 2, 2018 7302 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 11/2018-Central Excise Seeks to exempt 5% ethanol blended petrol from the additional duty of excise (road and infrastructure cess) levied under clause 110 of the Finance Bill 2018

CBEC exempt excise duty on goods in Fourth Schedule to Central Excise Act, 1944

February 2, 2018 7917 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 10/2018-Central Excise Seeks to exempt duties of excise on goods falling within Fourth Schedule to Central Excise Act, 1944, in excess of amount calculated at the rate of 50%

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